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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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