Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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