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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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