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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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