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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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