Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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