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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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