Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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