Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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