Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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