Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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