Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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