Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. 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 massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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