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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major 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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