Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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