Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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