Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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