Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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