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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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