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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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