Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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