Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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