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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand these new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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