Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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