Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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