Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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