Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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