Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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