Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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