Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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