Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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