Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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