Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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