Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive these open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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