Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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