Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the key 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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