Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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