Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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