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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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