Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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