Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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