Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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