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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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