Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that educators 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 optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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