Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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