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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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