Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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