Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Uzbekistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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