Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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