Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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