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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. 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 customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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