Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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