Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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