Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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