Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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