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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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