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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes 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. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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