Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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