Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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