Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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