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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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