Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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