Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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