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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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