Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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