Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. 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. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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