Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key 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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