Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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