Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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