Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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