Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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