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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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