Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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