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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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