Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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