Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand these new open education endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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