Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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