Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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