Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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