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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information 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 definitive new book also deals with 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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