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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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