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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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