Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology enable learners all around the world to take part in online classes. 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 online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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