Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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