Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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