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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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