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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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