Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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