Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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