Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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