Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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