Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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