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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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