Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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