Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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