Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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