Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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