Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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