Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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