Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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