Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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