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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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