Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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