Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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