Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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