Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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