Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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