Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. 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. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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