Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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