Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also describes 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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