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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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