Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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