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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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