Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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