Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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