Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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