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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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