Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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