Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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