Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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