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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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