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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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