Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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