Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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