Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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