Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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