Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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