Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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