Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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