Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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