Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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