Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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