Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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