Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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