Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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