Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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