Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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