Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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