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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning have enabled students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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