Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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