Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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