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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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