Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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