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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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