Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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