Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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