Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key 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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