Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology enable students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand these new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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