Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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