Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning enable learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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