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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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