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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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