Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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