Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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