Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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