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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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