Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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