Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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