Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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