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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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