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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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