Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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