Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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