Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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