Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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