Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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