Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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