Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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