Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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