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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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