Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. 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. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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