Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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