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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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