Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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