Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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