Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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