Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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