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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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