Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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