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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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