Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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