Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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