Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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