Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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