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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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