Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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