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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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