Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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