Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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