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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology enable humans all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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