Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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