Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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