Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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