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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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