Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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