Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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