Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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