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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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