Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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