Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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