Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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