Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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