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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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