Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major 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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