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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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