Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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