Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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