Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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