Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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