Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. 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. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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