Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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