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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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