Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning enable humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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