Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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