Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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