Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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