Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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