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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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