Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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