Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology enable students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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