Find out more about the 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 (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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