Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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