Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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