Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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