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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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