Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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