Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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