Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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