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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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