Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. 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 usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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