Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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