Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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