Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews 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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