Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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