Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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