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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. 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 online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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