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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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