Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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