Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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