Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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