Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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