Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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