Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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