Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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