Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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