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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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