Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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