Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning have empowered students all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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