Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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