Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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