Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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