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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning enable students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand these important new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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