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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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