Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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