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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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