Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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