Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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