Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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