Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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