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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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