Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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