Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. 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. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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