Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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