Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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