Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes 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 classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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