Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology are enabling students all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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