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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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