Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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