Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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