Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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