Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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