Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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