Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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