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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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