Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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