Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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