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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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