Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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