Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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