Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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