Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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