Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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