Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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