Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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