Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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