Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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