Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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