Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education enable humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers 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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