Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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