Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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