Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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