Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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