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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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