Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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