Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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