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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology enable humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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