Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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