Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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