Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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