Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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