Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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