Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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