Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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