Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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