Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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