Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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