Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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