Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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