Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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