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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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