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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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