Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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