Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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