Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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