Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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