Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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