Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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