Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning enable people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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