Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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