Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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