Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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