Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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