Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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