Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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