Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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