Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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