Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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