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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning enable humans all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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