Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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