Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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