Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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