Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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