Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning enable students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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