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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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