Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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