Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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