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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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