Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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