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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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