Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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