Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better understand these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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