Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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