Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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