Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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