Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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