Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education are enabling learners all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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