Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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