Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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