Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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