Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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