Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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