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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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