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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. 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. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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