Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand these new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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