Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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