Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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