Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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