Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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