Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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