Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning enable students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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