Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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