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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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