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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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