Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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