Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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