Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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