Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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