Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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