Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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