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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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