Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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