Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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