Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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