Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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