Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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