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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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