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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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