Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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