Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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