Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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