Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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