Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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