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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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