Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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