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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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