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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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