Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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