Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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