Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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