Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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