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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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