Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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