Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand these new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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