Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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