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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning enable students all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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