Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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