Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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