Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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