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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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