Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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