Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key 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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