Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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