Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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