Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand these open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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