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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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