Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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