Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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