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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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