Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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