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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. 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 courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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