Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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