Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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