Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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