Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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