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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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