Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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