Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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