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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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