Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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