Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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