Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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