Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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