Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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