Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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