Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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