Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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