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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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