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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning have enabled learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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