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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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