Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to understand these new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses 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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