Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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