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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. 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. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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