Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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