Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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