Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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