Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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