Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the 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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