Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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