Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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