Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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