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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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