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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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