Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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