Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. 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. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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