Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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