Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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