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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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