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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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