Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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