Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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