Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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