Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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