Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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