Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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