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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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