Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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