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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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