Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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