Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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