Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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