Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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