Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers 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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