Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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