Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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