Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand these open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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