Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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