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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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