Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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