Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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