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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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