Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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