Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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