Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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