Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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