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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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