Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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