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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. 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 but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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