Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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