Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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