Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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