Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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