Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online classes. 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. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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