Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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