Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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