Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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