Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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