Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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