Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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