Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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