Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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