Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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