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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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