Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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