Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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