Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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