Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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