Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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