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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the 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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