Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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