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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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