Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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