Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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