Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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