Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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