Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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