Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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