Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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