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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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