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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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