Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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