Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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