Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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